Girls' name · peaked in 1987
Alisha name popularity since 1925
57,127 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alisha. Half of them were born in 1988 or earlier, so the typical Alisha is about 38 years old in 2026. Alisha peaked in 1987 as the #118 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 57,127
- Named Alisha, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,229 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 56,996 girls · 131 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.12× its national share
Peak year is the year Alisha made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Alisha births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1989. Measured as a share of all babies, Alisha peaked in 1987.
- Fastest rise: Between 1966 and 1971, Alisha became 3.9× more common, from 1 in 12,400 baby girls to 1 in 3,150.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 1,050 to 1 in 2,060.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Alisha's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alisha.
Decade by decade
Babies named Alisha in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 14 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 92 | 0 | #4,380 |
| 1960s | 1,473 | 0 | #787 |
| 1970s | 8,918 | 38 | #296 |
| 1980s | 21,751 | 76 | #131 |
| 1990s | 14,510 | 12 | #221 |
| 2000s | 6,010 | 5 | #490 |
| 2010s | 3,007 | 0 | #921 |
| 2020–25 | 1,221 | 0 | #1,229 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
55.8% of babies named Alisha from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Alisha is most popular
The index compares Alisha's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Alisha.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.12× | 1,001 |
| Oregon | 1.72× | 896 |
| Washington | 1.49× | 1,386 |
| Oklahoma | 1.43× | 1,033 |
| West Virginia | 1.40× | 685 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Alisha and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Alisha (this page) | 56,996 | 1987 |
| Alysha | 9,601 | 1990 |
| Alesha | 7,547 | 1984 |
| Aleisha | 3,013 | 1988 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alisha's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alisha.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Alisha (1987).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data